# stille
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsd̥elə]

### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German stille, from Old Saxon stilli, from Proto-West Germanic *stillī.

#### Adjective

stille (uninflected)
* still
* quiet
* calm
* silent

##### Synonyms

* (still, not moving): ubevægelig
* (still, quiet): tyst
* (still, calm): rolig fredelig
* (silent): tavs

#### Adverb

stille
* still, quietly, silently

#### Noun

stille n
* calm (period without wind)

##### Derived terms

* blikstille
* vindstille

### Etymology 2

Merger of Old Norse stilla (“to calm”), borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan, and Middle Low German stellen (“to place”), from Old Saxon stellian, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan.

#### Verb

stille (past tense stillede, past participle stillet)
* to put, place, stand
* to set (put; adjust)
* to muster, turn up
* to report (appear or present oneself)
* to supply, furnish
* to satisfy (to meet needs, to fulfill)
* to quench, slake
* to allay, alleviate

##### Synonyms

* (put): anbringe, sætte
* (satisfy, quench): mætte, opfylde
* (allay, alleviate): dæmpe, fjerne

## Dutch
### Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

stille m or f (plural stillen)
* silent person, who rarely speaks
* undercover agent (male only)

### Adjective

stille
* inflection of stil:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

stille
* inflection of stillen:
** first-person singular present
** singular imperative
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

stille
* inflection of still:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Italian
### Noun

stille f
* plural of stilla

### Anagrams

* stelli

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English stille, from Proto-West Germanic *stillī.

#### Alternative forms

* stil, stile

#### Adjective

stille
* silent, noiseless

##### Descendants

* English: still

##### References

* “stille, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old English stille.

#### Alternative forms

* stile, stil, stel, stele

#### Adverb

stille
* silently, noiselessly

##### Descendants

* English: still

##### References

* “stille, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 3

From stille (adj).

#### Noun

stille (uncountable)
* (rare) calm (after a storm)

##### Descendants

* English: still
* Yola: sthill

##### References

* “stille, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse stilla, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan.

#### Adjective

stille (indeclinable)
* silent
* still
* quiet

##### Derived terms

* Stillehavet
* stillesittende
* stillestående
* stillhet
* vindstille

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse stilla and Middle Low German stellen.

#### Verb

stille (imperative still, present tense stiller, passive stilles, simple past stilte, past participle stilt, present participle stillende)
* to set
* to ask (a question)

##### Derived terms

* ferdigstille
* forestille
* forstille
* framstille, fremstille
* innstille
* likestille
* nullstille
* omstille
* tilfredsstille
* utstille

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse stilla.

#### Verb

stille (imperative still, present tense stiller, simple past stillet or stilte, past participle stillet or stilt, present participle stillende)
* (transitive, archaic, medicine) to calm; to still
    han stillet det blødende sårethe stilled the bleeding wound
** Psalms, 65:8
    du stillet bølgeneyou stilled the waves

##### Usage notes

The verb is used only in idiomatic contexts in this form, i.e. in Biblical language and in relation to making a bleeding stop, although in the latter context stanse would still be a preferred term.

##### Derived terms

* smertestillende

### References

* “stille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²stɪlːə/

### Etymology 1

From the adjective still.

#### Noun

stille f (definite singular stilla, indefinite plural stiller, definite plural stillene)
* quiet
    Eg likar stilla her på bygda.I like the quiet here in the countryside.

### Etymology 2

From Norwegian Bokmål stille, probably from Middle Low German.

#### Alternative forms

* still

#### Adjective

stille
* still (not moving)
    Han stod heilt stille.
       He stood totally still.
* quiet, silent.
    Han laga ikkje ein lyd. Han var heilt stille.
       He did not make a sound. He was totally quiet.
* definite of still
* plural of still

##### Derived terms

* stillferdig
* svartstill

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

stille (present tense stiller, past tense stilte, past participle stilt, passive infinitive stillast, present participle stillande, imperative still)
* Alternative form of stilla

##### Derived terms

* forstille
* innstille

### References

* “stille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stillī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstil.le/, [ˈstiɫ.ɫe]

### Adjective

stille
* still
** 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8‎:Þonne iċ būgendre stefne styrme, stille on wīcum sittað hnīgende.When I shout with bending voice, the still men sit bowing in dwellings.
* quiet
* calm

#### Derived terms

* stilnes

#### Descendants

* Middle English: stille
** English: still
** Scots: stil, still